Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very large Leucophora (Austria)

Posted by Waldgeist on 18-04-2021 01:45
#1

Leucophora sp. Species possible?
Austria, Gleißenfeld, 16-Apr-2021
This one was very large (>1cm in length)

Posted by tristram on 18-04-2021 08:04
#2

Arista bare, abdomen very hairy, ventral bristle on mid tibia, and I can just see 2 thin postero-dorsals on the front tibia - I would say Leucophora obtusa (which is also common here in Reading, UK at the present). They do tend to be large for Anthomyiids.

Edited by tristram on 18-04-2021 08:09